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"If only Von Behrling had been taken!" she exclaimed. "He was there in reserve, I know, as stenographer. I have but to lift my hand and it is enough. I would have had the truth from him, whatever it cost me." Bellamy looked at her thoughtfully. It was not for nothing that the Press of every European nation had called her the most beautiful woman in the world.
With eyes fixed upon the tablecloth, he seemed to be thinking deeply, till presently he raised his head and looked steadily at Bellamy. "You are sure that Von Behrling has not fooled you? You are sure that you have that identical packet?" "I am absolutely certain that I have," Bellamy answered, without flinching. "Then accept my price and have done with this matter," Streuss begged.
I am Rudolph Von Behrling, Secretary to the Chancellor." Again she leaned towards him so that he could see into her eyes. "Rudolph," she said, "you are indeed Rudolph Von Behrling, you are indeed the Chancellor's secretary. What do you gain from it? A pittance! Many hours work a day and a pittance. What have you to look forward to? A little official life, a stupid official position.
"It is in the hotel safe," Laverick answered. Bellamy drew a long sigh of relief. Then he emptied his tumbler and lit a cigarette. "Laverick," he declared, "I believe you." "Thank God!" Laverick muttered. "I am no crime investigator," Bellamy went on thoughtfully. "As to who killed Von Behrling, or why, I cannot now form the slightest idea.
We two, we love them, perhaps, as you do, but there is a place and a time for them, and it is not now. Our mission is too serious." "Well, well!" Von Behrling exclaimed impatiently, "what is all this? What do I do wrong? What have you to say against me? If I talk with Mademoiselle Idiale, it is because it is the natural thing for me to do.
"Remember that Rudolph Von Behrling moved about a marked man. Your spies and mine were most of the time upon his heels. Yet in the end some third person seems to have intervened. Are you quite sure that you know nothing of this?" "Upon my honor," Bellamy replied, "I have not the slightest information concerning Von Behrling's death beyond what you can read there.
Perhaps because I have lived in Vienna I have learned to look at things from your point of view. Then, too, the world is a selfish place, and our own little careers are, after all, the most important part of it." Von Behrling eyed her Curiously. "It seems strange to hear you talk like this," he remarked. She looked out of the window for a moment. "Oh!
Von Behrling never succeeded, after all, in shaking off the espionage of the men who were watching him. They tracked him to our rendezvous, they waited about while I met him. Afterwards, he had to pass along a narrow passage. It was there that he was found murdered." "But, David, I don't understand! Why did they wait until after he had seen you?
"You must fetch me from the Opera House," Louise insisted. "It is a bargain. I have suffered enough neglect at your hands. One thing, David, where do you go first from here?" "To find the man," Bellamy answered gravely, "who was watching Von Behrling when he left me. If any man in England knows anything of the murder, it must be he. He should be at my rooms by now."
"That you travel the rest of the way with us, and speak no more with Mademoiselle." Von Behrling drew himself up. After all, it was he who was noble; Streuss was little more than a policeman. "I refuse!" he exclaimed. "Let me remind you, Streuss, that I am in charge of this expedition. It was I who planned it.
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